Mysterious new phase of matter: Breaking glass in infinite dimensions

With the help of some mathematical wizardry borrowed from particle physics -- plus around 30 pages of algebraic calculations, all done by hand -- scientists have laid to rest a 30-year-old mystery about the nature of glass. New insights open up the pos...

With the help of some mathematical wizardry borrowed from particle physics -- plus around 30 pages of algebraic calculations, all done by hand -- scientists have laid to rest a 30-year-old mystery about the nature of glass. New insights open up the possibility that some types of glass may exist in a new state of matter at low temperatures.